Job 26
Overview
26:1 Job, reproving the uncharitable spirit of Bildad,
26:5 acknowledges the power of God to be infinite and unsearchable. Verse 1ReciprocalJob 15:3 - he reason Verse 2How hast thouBildad had produced no argument to refute Job's doctrine; and therefore Job ironically admires the assistance which Bildad had given to his friends in their extremity, and the instruction he had afforded him in his perplexity. Job 12:2; 1 Kings 18:27 helpedJob 4:3, 4:4, 6:25, 16:4, 16:5; Isaiah 35:3, 35:4, 40:14, 41:5-7Reciprocal1 Samuel 28:20 - sore afraid; Job 12:3 - I am not inferior to you; 16:2 - heard; 27:12 - altogether; 32:3 - because Verse 3counselledJob 6:13, 12:3, 13:5, 15:8-10, 17:10, 32:11-13 plentifully33:3, 33:33, 38:2; Psalm 49:1-4, 71:15-18; Proverbs 8:6-9; Acts 20:20, 20:27ReciprocalJob 15:9 - knowest; 16:2 - heard Verse 4whose spiritJob 20:3, 32:18; 1 Kings 22:23, 22:24; Ecclesiastes 12:7; 1 Corinthians 12:3; 1 John 4:1-3; Revelation 16:13, 16:14ReciprocalJob 15:9 - knowest; Luke 9:55 - Ye know Verse 5Dead thingsOr, "The giants rephaim are in anguish under the waters and their inhabitants;" probably in allusion to the destruction of the earth by the deluge. Job 41:1-34; Genesis 6:4; Psalm 104:25, 104:26; Ezekiel 29:3-5 andor, withReciprocalGenesis 1:21 - great; Job 5:9 - marvellous; 25:2 - Dominion; 36:24 - magnify; 38:16 - walked; Ecclesiastes 11:5 - even; Jeremiah 27:5 - made Verse 6HellJob 11:8; Psalm 139:8, 139:11; Proverbs 15:11; Isaiah 14:9; Amos 9:2; Habakkuk 3:1 destructionJob 28:22; Psalm 88:10ReciprocalJob 37:14 - consider; 38:16 - walked; Psalm 88:11 - in destruction; 139:12 - the darkness; Daniel 2:22 - he knoweth Verse 7Job 9:8; Genesis 1:1, 1:2; Psalm 24:2, 104:2-5; Proverbs 8:23-27; Isaiah 40:22, 40:26, 42:5ReciprocalGenesis 1:6 - Let there; 1:9 - General; Job 38:6 - Whereupon; Psalm 78:69 - earth; 89:12 - north; 104:5 - Who laid the foundations of the earth; 136:6 - General; Isaiah 44:24 - I am; Jeremiah 10:12 - stretched; Zechariah 12:1 - which Verse 8bindeth upJob 36:29, 38:9, 38:37; Genesis 1:6, 1:7; Psalm 135:7; Proverbs 30:4; Jeremiah 10:13 thick cloudsJob 37:11-16; Psalm 18:10, 18:11 and the cloudIsaiah 5:6ReciprocalJob 28:11 - bindeth; 37:16 - the balancings; Psalm 147:8 - covereth Verse 9Exodus 20:21, 33:20-23, 34:3; 1 Kings 8:12; Psalm 97:2; Habakkuk 3:3-5; 1 Timothy 6:16ReciprocalJob 36:32 - General; 37:21 - General; Psalm 147:8 - covereth Verse 10compassedJob 38:8-11; Psalm 33:7, 104:6-9; Proverbs 8:29; Jeremiah 5:22 untilGenesis 8:22; Isaiah 54:9, 54:10 day and night come to an endHeb. end of light with darknessReciprocalGenesis 1:9 - General; Job 38:10 - brake up for it my decreed place; Psalm 104:9 - hast set Verse 11pillars1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 18:7; Haggai 2:21; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 20:11 are astonishedJob 15:15Reciprocal2 Samuel 22:8 - foundations; Job 9:6 - the pillars; Psalm 29:4 - powerful; 114:7 - Tremble Verse 12dividethExodus 14:21-31; Psalm 29:10, 74:13, 93:3, 93:4, 114:2-7; Isaiah 51:15; Jeremiah 31:35 he smitethJob 40:11, 40:12; Isaiah 2:12; Daniel 4:37; James 4:6 the proudHeb. pride, Psalm 89:9, 89:10; Isaiah 51:9ReciprocalJob 9:10 - great things; 9:13 - the proud helpers; 36:5 - mighty; 41:34 - he is; Psalm 111:2 - works Verse 13his spiritGenesis 1:2; Psalm 33:6, 33:7, 104:30 the crooked serpent74:13, 74:14; Isaiah 27:1; Revelation 12:9ReciprocalGenesis 1:1 - God; 1:6 - Let there; 1:25 - General; Job 40:19 - the chief Verse 14how littleJob 11:7-9; Psalm 139:6, 145:3; Isaiah 40:26-29; Romans 11:33; 1 Corinthians 13:9-12 the thunderJob 40:9; 1 Samuel 2:10; Psalm 29:3ReciprocalGenesis 1:2 - Spirit; Exodus 33:23 - thou shalt; Job 33:12 - God; 36:26 - we; 37:5 - great; 37:19 - we; 37:23 - we; Psalm 40:5 - Many; 106:2 - utter; Habakkuk 3:4 - the hiding; John 21:25 - there